Cooling apparatus.



No. 815,773. 'PATENTED MAR. 20', 1906.

' M. L. WOLFE.

COOLING APPARATUS. APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 26, 1905.

WITNESSES: [NVE/VTOR PATENT OFFICE.

MATT L. WOLFE, oF MIAMIsBUne, OHIO.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. March 20, 1906.

Application tied August 2 6, 1905. $erial1lo. 275,965.

- clear, and exact description ofth'e invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. This invention relates ,to apparatus for cooling wheel-tires and other similar articles; and it consists in the novel construction and combination of the (parts hereinafter fully described and claims i In the drawings, Figure l is a cross-section through the cooling apparatus- Fig. 2 is a plan view of the cooling apparatus.

' A is a tank or vessel for holding water, which is preferablyv circular. B represents inclined tracks arranged in a circle inside the 3 and would drop said tank. Thesetracks are preferably formed of a continuousround bar of metal bent to the required form. The tracks may be inclined to the right or to the left, as preferred; but all the tracks of one apparatus must be inclined inthe same direction. These tracks have horizontal portions 3 at their upper ends, horizontal portions 4 at their lower ends, feet 5,which rest on the tank-bottom and which supportthe parts 4 at a short dis tance above the tankbottom, and vertical portions 6, which connect the said parts 3 with the said feet. The parts -5 and 6 also form stops a ainst which the lower end portions of the Ioops strike. .These stops prevent the platform from being moved'too far in each direction. If no stops were provided and the platform were moved too far in one direction or if it. were 'moved' in the wrong. direction, the rollers would run ofi the parts suddenly and with violence uponzthegpartszd I C is a support or platform, preferably formed of bars of wood or iron suitably jointed together. D represents loop-shaped brackets secured to the underside of the said platform and extending under the said tracks. Rollers d are j'ournaled on pins e in the loops of these brackets and are arranged to run upon 'the inclined tracks B. The tracks are inclined at any approved angle which will best support the platform, and the platform 'is raised and lowered in the tank by moving it in a circular direction. The heated tire or other object is placed on the latform when the latter is raised, and the p atform is then turned so as to lower it below the surface of the water.

What I claim is with a tank, of inc ned tracks formed of bars i 60 1. In cooling ap aratus, the combination,

provided with stops and supported above the bottom of the said tank, a platform, loopshaped brackets secured to .the said platform and passing under the said bars, and engaging with the said stops and rollers, journaled in the saidbrackets and resting on the said bars.

2. In cooling apparatus, the com-bination,

with a tank, of, inclined tracks formed of bars having stops and horizontalportions at their ends and feet which rest on the tank bottom and support the said horizontal portions. above the tank bottom, a platform, loopshaped brackets secured to the said platform and passing under the said bars, and engaging with thes'aid stops and rollers journaled in the-said brackets andrestin on the said bars.

I In testimony whereof I ave affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

, 'MATT L. WOLFE. Witnesses:

W. G. SHANNON, LE-WISAI'I. ZEHRING. 

